Evelyn Kark

Evelyn Florence Gordine became Evelyn Kark and in business as Lucie Clayton (5 December 1928 – 8 March 1997) was a British administrator and college head.

Life Kark was born in London in 1928. Her parents were Emily Mildred (born Mallott) and William Gordine her father was a labourer. Due to the war she was moved from Chandos School in Middlesex to another in Ilkley in Yorkshire. She was working for Leslie Kark when he left Courier Magazine, to launch "Model" a model directory. A fellow office employee was Muriel Spark before she became a full-time writer. The school had been formed in 1928 by Sylvia Golledge. Evelyn was Kark's personal assistant and she was installed as the Principal of the new organisation. She used the name "Lucie Clayton" when creating publicity for the organisation. Leslie was a prolific writer and his first marriage had ended in divorce.

The modelling agency closed in the late 1970s but the school went on preparing young ladies for marriage, society and the Season. During the 1960s the alumni of the school included Sandra Paul, Celia Hammond, and Joanna Lumley who actually had careers modelling. Many of the student's did not expect to enter a modelling career and the business became a de facto finishing school. and five years later the business was sold and she retired.

Kark died in Burford in 1997.